Dear Councillors, With regard to Item 8: Update on the Internationalised Registration Data WG The IRD submitted its final report to the GNSO Council and SSAC on March 3, 2012 for review and approval. However, SSAC has recommend some substantial changes and more work may now be needed by the IRD before its final report can be considered. This agenda item is to provide an update on these latest developments in the IRD WG's work to the Council. 8.1 WG update from Staff (Steve Sheng) http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/status-update-ird-wg-final-report-slide... The update is posted on page: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org